The first record species of the tribe Platypleurini in Vietnam was made by Distant, 1889 with the speciesPoecilopsaltria ciliaris from Chochin-china [South Vietnam]. It is transferred to Platypleura ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) by Distant, 1906. | HỘI NGHỊ KHOA HỌC TOÀN QUỐC VỀ SINH THÁI VÀ TÀI NGUYÊN SINH VẬT LẦN THỨ 6 THE CICADA TRIBE Platypleurini Schmidt, 1918 (HEMIPTERA: CICADIDAE) FROM VIETNAM, WITH KEY TO SPECIES PHAM HONG THAI Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology BUI MINH HONG Hanoi National University of Education NGUYEN THI HUYEN Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, QuangNinh Province There are 23 genera belonging to tribe Platypleurini, subfamily Cicadinae, family Cicadidae in the world. They are distributed in the Afrotropical and Oriental regions. Within Australian territories only known from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. The first record species of the tribe Platypleurini in Vietnam was made by Distant, 1889 with the speciesPoecilopsaltria ciliaris from Chochin-china [South Vietnam]. It is transferred to Platypleura ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) by Distant, 1906. I. MATERIAL AND METHODS Specimens were collected by netting and light trapping at the localities indicated in the item of material examined. Previously collected specimens were included in our evaluations. Specimens are deposited at the Department of Insect Systematics of the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Hanoi, and the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. The tribal classification of this study is based mainly on that of Moulds (2005). Genus and species names, as well as synonymies, follow the catalogues of Metcalf (1963), and Lee (2008). Specimens examined are listed by provinces (given in bold). Abbreviations are as follows: MNHN=Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris; NP=National Park; NR=Natural Reserve. The map showing the collecting localities for this study was created using the software CFF (Barbier & Rasmont, 2000) (Fig. 1). II. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Tribe Platypleurini Schmidt, 1918 Platypleurini Schmidt, 1918: 378. Platypleurinae Handlirsch, 1925: 1117. Cryptotympanini Handlirsch, 1925 (partim). – Boulard, 1998: 117. Type genus. .
